#BBB562#BBB562

#BBB562 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.106 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB562
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 47.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -9.47, 42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 43.80, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0273 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.106 105)
XYZ	xyz(39.2229, 44.4955, 18.0753)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB562 #6268BB

analogous

#BB8862 #BBB562 #94BB62

triadic

#BBB562 #62BBB5 #B562BB

tetradic

#BBB562 #62BB88 #6268BB #BB6294

square

#BBB562 #62BB88 #6268BB #BB6294

split-complementary

#BBB562 #6294BB #8862BB

monochromatic

#716D31 #9C9644 #BBB562 #CDC98D #E0DDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BBB562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB562

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB562	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B05B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.106 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb90',
    500: '#bbb562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb562;
$custom-light: #d1cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.955,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76015,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.44494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB562

secondary

#AAACCF

accent

#60CF58

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB562

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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